Dr. Stephen Cook has played a key role in the music ministry of the church since 2001 when he was invited to join the music department as staff accompanist.  Since then, he has enjoyed working as Associate Organist and Organist, as well as an Associate Director for the Adult choir.  He assumed the role of Director of Music Ministries in 2020 and continues to serve as organist and Pianist for the Church services each Sunday morning.  

Dr. Cook has served in many musical capacities at the Church since receiving his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Music degrees from the University of South Carolina and completed his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Southern California.  From 1996-2012 he taught on the faculty of the Colburn School of Performing Arts and from 1996-2004 served as Director of the Pianist Program at the Orange County School of the Arts. From 2002-2017 Dr. Cook was Associate Professor of Music at Whittier College and currently is Dean of Arts at California School of the Arts | San Gabriel Valley while maintaining his position as Chair of the Piano Department at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music.